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National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) Toolkit

Prepared by the NPA Outreach Committee

This toolkit is designed to help you decide what kind of event you would like to hold, be it a coffee hour, a happy hour, or a combined event with other institutions in your city or region. There are suggestions for different types of events, how to advertise the event, and getting sponsorship for your event. We've also provided fliers for you to download, customize, print out, and pass out.

To maximize your results, be sure to have sign-up sheets at your event and ask people to join your postdoc association and the NPA!

Sign-up postdocs as members of your PDA and/or the NPA: have sign-up sheets ready and collect new members on sight (follow this link to download a sign-up sheet and membership fliers). Let people know that they are entitled to a free Affiliate membership if their institution is a Sustaining Member of the NPA already but also make them aware of the Full, Individual membership category.

Schedule PDO- or PDA-run seminars on the same day (e.g. monthly career seminar) to publicize the event to larger audiences.